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Labor

//ˈleɪ.bɚ// name, noun, verb, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Australian Labor Party. Australian, informal

    "Nevertheless there is a distinct difference of emphasis, in the sense just indicated, between the two sides of Australian politics. There has always been some international isolationism, too, in Labor circles in Australia."

  2. 2
    A surname from French.
  3. 3
    Misspelling of Labour, a UK political party. UK, US, alt-of, misspelling
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of labour. US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    productive work (especially physical work done for wages) wordnet
  3. 3
    any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted wordnet
  4. 4
    the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 wordnet
  5. 5
    a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages wordnet
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  1. 6
    a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries wordnet
  2. 7
    an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement wordnet
  3. 8
    concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of labour. US, alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    undergo the efforts of childbirth wordnet
  3. 3
    strive and make an effort to reach a goal wordnet
  4. 4
    work hard wordnet

Etymology

Variant of Labarre.

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